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: anhinga
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: any of numerous small North American freshwater bony fishes (especially genera Ammocrypta, Etheostoma, and Percina of the family Percidae)
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On the landward side are women with parasols and schoolchildren coasting on bicycles alongside emerald green paddy fields that harbor a wealth of wetland birds: pond herons, darters, sunbirds.
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Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024
Among them are a colorful fish known as the candy darter that lives in rivers in the southeastern U.S., a flowering shrub from the Virgin Islands called marron bacora, the Panama City crayfish of Florida and the pocket-sized Stephens’ kangaroo rat in southern California.
—Matthew Brown, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2024
Among them are a colorful fish known as the candy darter that lives in rivers in the southeastern U.S., a flowering shrub from the Virgin Islands called marron bacora, the Panama City crayfish of Florida and the pocket-sized Stephens' kangaroo rat in southern California.
—CBS News, 30 Dec. 2023
But on February 14, ODNR Communications Director Stephanie O’Grady told the Columbus Dispatch that most of the fish appeared to be suckers, darters, and sculpins.
—Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 27 Feb. 2023
Plater thinks creatures such as the darter alert us to the threat our actions pose to them and to ourselves.
—Robert Kunzig, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
Still, no Maryland darters turned up, though five other darter species were present.
—Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 17 Nov. 2021
This cross between a bottle plug and a darter darts from side to side while maintaining the tight, seductive wiggle of a bottle plug.
—Jimmy Fee, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
Though there are many darters on the market, the subtle swimming action of the Yo-Zuri Mag Darter just seems more irresistible to surf-cruising stripers, perhaps because its natural swimming action mimics an unsuspecting baitfish better than other darters.
—Jimmy Fee, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024
Among them are a colorful fish known as the candy darter that lives in rivers in the southeastern U.S., a flowering shrub from the Virgin Islands called marron bacora, the Panama City crayfish of Florida and the pocket-sized Stephens’ kangaroo rat in southern California.
—Matthew Brown, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2024
Among them are a colorful fish known as the candy darter that lives in rivers in the southeastern U.S., a flowering shrub from the Virgin Islands called marron bacora, the Panama City crayfish of Florida and the pocket-sized Stephens' kangaroo rat in southern California.
—CBS News, 30 Dec. 2023
But on February 14, ODNR Communications Director Stephanie O’Grady told the Columbus Dispatch that most of the fish appeared to be suckers, darters, and sculpins.
—Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 27 Feb. 2023
Plater thinks creatures such as the darter alert us to the threat our actions pose to them and to ourselves.
—Robert Kunzig, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
Still, no Maryland darters turned up, though five other darter species were present.
—Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 17 Nov. 2021
This cross between a bottle plug and a darter darts from side to side while maintaining the tight, seductive wiggle of a bottle plug.
—Jimmy Fee, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
Though there are many darters on the market, the subtle swimming action of the Yo-Zuri Mag Darter just seems more irresistible to surf-cruising stripers, perhaps because its natural swimming action mimics an unsuspecting baitfish better than other darters.
—Jimmy Fee, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
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